[Whobdobub]

This one might be useful you just put in the dates and it will tell you how many hours of light.

https://www.almanac.com/rise/index.php?searchtype=zip&month =8&day=10&year=2009&what[]=Sun&what[]=Moon

[neongreen]

Originally Posted by BACKCOUNTRY

First, I need to point out that the furthest southern tip of Spain is only about 36 degrees north, which is still a ways from tropical. Compare San Francisco California at 38 degrees north and also consider that most of the southern 1/3 of the USA lays below 36 degrees north.

He might have been in the Canary Islands, which is Spanish territory. In fact, I think that is very likely. That would put him in a sub-tropical zone, about 28 degrees north of the equator, which is comparable to Orlando, FL. I believe the day length at that latitude varies between about 8 and 14 hours.

[BACKCOUNTRY]

Indeed! Dignan probably mixed that up a bit, perhaps not knowing where the Canary islands were. I'm sure a Canary islander would identify himself as a Canary islander rather than as Spanish(I think they are fairly independent).

[neongreen]

It would depend on who you asked I think. The native inhabitants that have been there for many generations came from Scandinavia originally, and they would probably refer to themselves as "Canarians", but there are also many relatively new arrivals from mainland Spain, and I suspect they would consider themselves "Spanish" first and foremost. I could be wrong though.

Raco would be the man to ask about this, and the story surrounding it. I'm sure he could offer some insight anyway.

[jakeh]

Backcountry,
I've got 3 feminized dp powerplants going at the moment. This is what dutch passions website says about them: "Powerplant (mostly Sativa) was developed by us in 1997 from new South African genetics. This strain has been inbred only, never hybridised. Very rich in THC. It is a strain with an enormous grow potential. Indoor as well as in a greenhouse the plants have an enormous yield. Indoors flowering starts already one week after turning back the lightcycle to 12 hours. Outdoor, flowering starts late, but the plants ripen very fast. This variety is very uniform. Strong “up high”, very soft smoke."

Of the 3 plants 1 was dug up by an armadillo, 1 was snapped in half by an armadillo and the other is fine. Overall I am very pleased with the strain. The dug up plant looked like nothing had ever happened after 24 hours and the broken plant mended in 48 hours with a splint. I've had plants that were stressed that went into flower early so my armadillo plants did not surprise me but they all are flowering. They were planted in late March and put into small pots on april 1. The most healthy and vigorous is currently 5' 6" and the others are 2' behind. The nodes began alternating 2 weeks or so ago. The joint of the side branches junction with the main stem as always showed the first preflowers but now the floral clusters are up and down the side and main branch. Durban, S.A. is at 29.5degress south in lattitude. I am within a couple degrees of that on the north side of the equator. It is supposed to finish the 2nd week of oct with an 8-9 week flower time. That flower time again is supposed to start late according to dutch passion. As you can see I am way ahead of that schedule. I am quite ok with it but surprised at the difference in breeder description and what I am experiencing first hand. I've got 8 himalaya gold that granted are 3 weeks younger but they have not even started preflowers and they are supposed to finish at the end of sept. What are your thoughts on my situation and have you experienced anything similar? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Just wondering if anybody could give me some insist as to why this plant appears (or is) to be flowering. It was germinated April 1st along with 2 other females. This particular strain is Pine Mist, not positive on the parents, and it may even been crossed with something else, I don't know. The other two strains (lavender and a mexican bagseed) show no signs of flowering whatsoever...


So why is she flowering? From my understanding, since it was grown from seed, it should know the proper photoperiod, and not be flowering. Is it possible this strain is autoflowering?

[tamio]

Great READ Great INFO!!! Thank you all so much!!!

[bergerbuddy]

I would not complain... I'D BE VERY HAPPY!!!! means it should finish withou MOLD~~~

Sweet lookin plant!

[chefboy6969]

i am at Latitude: 43° 40' N (North of Equator) and 79° 24' W..basically in SW Ont Canada..and i grow outdoors with indoor seeds..I start them in March and sex them in May and put them outside June 1..then (hopefully) harvest by Oct 15...depending on the weather of course..I have grown Blockhead(very nice outdoors and finishes by Oct 15 and Reefermans Cherry Berry same finished by first week of Oct.. ..I grew Feds CTS x ISS and had to finish it up in a greenhouse it was done by Nov 15..I will never grow a long flowering sativa again..I like to try different plants...this year I have Chem dog and Old Mendo and a Kush strain and Kali Gum(Kali Mist x Bubble Gum)..The old mendo has started to flower..(BTW yesterday was 14/10) i counted today as day 1..it is in full flower mode now..the Chem hasn't started yet but all of them are stretching a sign of flowering...Hope this info helps..

I have been doing this for 3 years now and find depending on strains the plants usually start to bud by last week of August and by Sept 1 all of them except the sativa's have fully started...good luck to all

peace
Chefboy

[tamio]

Originally Posted by Whobdobub

This one might be useful you just put in the dates and it will tell you how many hours of light.

https://www.almanac.com/rise/index.ph...year=2009&what[]=Sun&what[]=Moon

Thank you so much!